The Ospreys are back !!

An update from the Ranger at LotL

"Female NC0 arrived at her nest in the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire at 7.43am on Friday, and six hours later her mate LM12 (Laddie) returned – performing a sky dance just before landing.

Ranger Sara Rasmussen said she was delighted to see the pair back again at the loch, the first time ever the pair have arrived back on the same day."

As far as the Manton Bay nest is concerned the first Osprey to arrive, Blue 25, not the resident female, has returned and there has already been a mating attempt by Blue 33. Wonder what Maya, his former partner, will do if or when she returns.

ABM I know you have been up to Loch Garten in the past but don't know if you will be making the trip again so perhaps this will be of interest to go you.

Abernathy Forest it’s history and ecology!
https://youtu.be/Unl0GtqmCIE

Sadly, Nellie, it is most unlikely that I shall be found very far north of the Cheshire Border for anything more that a couple of hours now.

Still I thank you for your kindnesses now and in the warmer times  !

Sorry to read that you will no longer be making the journey up there, ABM, perhaps I should not post any more about the LG nest, don't want to upset you.

Maya arrived back at her Manton Bay nest this morning, resulting in 3 Ospreys on the nest until Blue 25 took the hint and departed, probably to her own nest close by.

There are now a pair on the nest at Theaves Castle too, who we may go and try to see next week.

You could not offend or upset me unless you start Osprey hunting with a 12 bore .

If good folk tell the rest of us whats a-going on out there,  well  we might, just might, stir our stumps and brave the A74/M74  and even some parts of the A82................

ABM, I guess the nearest Ospreys nests to you will be those in Wales, Llyn Clweydog, Llyn Glaslyn, and Dyfi at Machynlleth, or perhaps Foulshaw Nature Reserve near  Kendal, and perhaps at Leighton Moss should any occupy the new nest there. It would save a very long journey up to LG, each of the others being roughly a quarter of the distance!!

For those that are interested in the Ospreys at Poole here are a few links that will help you follow their progress, hopefully, when they arrive

Stream is now up and running - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_giDo6rq2sE

And a second view - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DwmkPSlI758

There's a blog, too, explaining the changes for this year - https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-news/new-poole-harbour-osprey-webcams-go-live/

A juvenile Scottish Osprey, ringed in Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, Renfrewshire, on June 23rd 2022, has been photographed "holidaying" in Barbados on 9th March this year, a distance from home of over 4100 mls!!
For the full story here is the link.

https://www.roydennis.org/category/latest-news/

Also the first of the Kielder Forest Ospreys has returned to her nest. At 11:50 today Mrs YA was seen on her nest, Nest 1A. Her partner, YA, disappeared last July so she may well have to attract a her partner.